100 Economy of CJiaff and Bruised Corn. 



necessary bulk, and assisting in grinding down 

 the other portions of food within the digestive 

 organs. As an agent of nutrition hay is very 

 expensive, and in that respect little superior 

 to straw, which, with other food, I have known 

 given regularly to animals, no hay being allowed, 

 while the condition has been all that could be 

 desired. 



In all the cereals and leguminosse ripeness of 

 the plant is evidenced by the development and 

 perfection of the seed in the various receptacles ; 

 prior to that stage the stem contains the nutri- 

 tion. Notwithstanding this fact, so apparent as 

 it must be to every farmer that the analogy 

 exists in each, hay is allowed to stand for days, 

 and even weeks, before being cut, when it must 

 be an utter impossibility for any increase to take 

 place. Growth is completed, the plant ripens, as 

 indicated by the seeds becoming plump. They 

 contain all the nutriment, and in the main arc 

 shed upon the ground by every wind that blows, 

 leaving the hay nothing better than a fine sample 

 of straw. 



The higher price asked for this fine sample, 

 we may infer, is to cover the loss occasioned by 

 this species of neglect. 



I wish it to be understood that I am not pre- 

 judiced to the exclusive use of cut hay and 

 bruised corn. When given whole these sub- 

 stances may be effectively masticated, and the 

 animals will appear excellent and pay well for 



